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To shut things even further down, especially that News Conference from andrew cuomo today really took the air out of the rally for today. We have to say is we look at the dow down 152 points in the s p down 22, the president remains hopeful. I believe in a lot of things. I want to get workers money and whichever way the best way to do it and i want to keep businesses open. So we are going to get an update on the plan. Senator kevin kramer will join us during this hour and we have Market Analysis...

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Shutdown is all but certain at this point. Republicans in the house failing to pass a short term measure to fund the government, but the House Speaker says he has other ideas. Top official at the white house will join us on how the administration is bracing for a shutdown. Plus senator Dianne Feinstein, Longest Serving Female senator in history, passing away at the age of 90. How her impact is being remembered from congress to her home state of california. And speaking of the golden state, donal...

Chris Barrett has been appointed by Treasurer Jim Chalmers as chair of the Productivity Commission to replace Michael Brennan.

The Government is seeking a new chair for the Productivity Commission after Michael Brennan announced he would be stepping down after five years.

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

<p><span>The Cabinet Secretary, with the approval of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, has announced the appointment of Sam Beckett as the new Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury. She replaces Clare Lombardelli, who was recently appointed as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Chief Economist.</span></p>

Academics on the make now cultivate their relevance by fitting political arguments to economic issues.

This is not Treasury’s finest hour.

ATO has not investigated companies paying executive bonuses while receiving JobKeeper Posted ThuThursday 11 updated ThuThursday 11 FebFebruary 2021 at 10:47pm The ATO says once companies were found to be eligible for JobKeeper, whether or not their profits rebounded during different phases of the program was "irrelevant". ( Print text only Cancel The Australian Tax Office says it has not conducted any analysis of companies that have made large profits and paid out executive bonuses and dividen...